NASA’s Starship 2040 won’t make a thunderous descent from the heavens when it comes to downtown Sacramento Dec. 19-20. This high-tech “spacecraft” hitches a ride inside an Earthbound tractor and […]
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International Launch Services (ILS) wraps up 2001 with total success in its six Atlas and Proton launches, and new orders that include the inaugural flight of the Atlas V vehicle […]
Modified van helps astronauts and engineers develop space lifeboat
At NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center, located on Edwards Air Force Base in California’s Mojave Desert, a modified van is used to test equipment – and astronauts – to develop […]
NASA’s Dryden research center develops the first A in NASA
Modern jet airliners fly faster and more efficiently, saving time, fossil fuels, and air quality, because of an innovative supercritical wing shape tested at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center in […]
Recycled Ozone Adds to Health Hazard in Zambia
Researchers analyzing harmful low-level ozone or “smog” over the African country of Zambia measured high amounts of pollution throughout the burning season in the year 2000, and discovered that the […]
Space Imaging Announces New Commercial Pricing on IKONOS Satellite Imagery Products
Space Imaging, the world’s leader in providing Earth imagery and related services to commercial and government markets, announced today that it is offering price reductions on several IKONOS imagery product […]
International Journal of Astrobiology: Call for Papers
Dear All, Cambridge University Press is launching a new journal in January 2002, the ‘International Journal of Astrobiology’. Papers are currently being accepted for the second edition onwards – see […]
Meadows Foundation Grant to McDonald Observatory Benefits Teachers, Students
Austin, TX — The Meadows Foundation of Dallas is granting McDonald Observatory $105,000 to support its K-12 educational programs over the next three years. The grant will fund teacher professional […]
Methane Explosion Warmed the Prehistoric Earth, Possible Again
A tremendous release of methane gas frozen beneath the sea floor heated the Earth by up to 13 degrees Fahrenheit (7 degrees Celsius) 55 million years ago, a new NASA […]
New type of neutrino may exist say scientists
A collaboration of university scientists and researchers working at Los Alamos Laboratory in New Mexico has published a final result paper that describes controversial research regarding neutrinos. Neutrinos are particles […]